...will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So, then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God, that sheweth mercy. Thou wilt say, then, why doth he yet find fault; for who hath resisted his wi.: ? Nay, but O ! man,...

...evident that our right conduct is in our own power, as well as in God's. Of this kind is the passage, ' So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy ;' (t) Rom. c. 2. v. 14. mercy (u) :' And why do I run, says he, and why do I will, if every thing...

...diviners mad ; that turneth wise men backward, and mal*h their knowledge foolish." Isa. xliv. 24, 25. " So then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God, that sheweth mercy." Rom. ix. 16. " And his indignation towards his enemies." Isa. Ixvi. 14. ' I will choose their delusions,...

...knows the conclusions that ought to be drawn from his own precious truths. DISCOURSES, &c. DISCOURSE I. So then^ it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy, Rom. ix. 16. THAT God, and not ourselves, nor any creature, must be our trust and our hope, if we seek...

...Iwifl have mercy, on whom_t will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.' And yet God did not will without wisdom. He did not chuse hand over head, and act by mere will without...

...will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy- For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might...

...have mercy on ' whom I will have mercy, and I will have com' passion on whom I will have compassion. So ' then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him ' that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.' ' Perhaps you may say, we ought then neither ' to will, nor to run : but God is wont to desert ' those...

...us both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Thou, Lord, hast wrought all our good works in us. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. Neither is he 5 Tsa. 47. 10 13. i Cer. a. 6. (f) Prov. 16. a5. (g) Prov. 19.3. (i) Job 18. n, 13. CO...

...will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion ; so then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.'' These texts appear to us to speak precisely the same language, and their burden is neither more nor...

...or destruction. 552 TJie Victory of Christ over his Enemies, of those who have rebelled against htm. "So then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy — Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth." God has a sovereign...